diff --git a/invokeai/app/api/dependencies.py b/invokeai/app/api/dependencies.py
index aaa08a2498..984fd8e267 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/api/dependencies.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/api/dependencies.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class ApiDependencies:
         board_records = SqliteBoardRecordStorage(db=db)
         boards = BoardService()
         events = FastAPIEventService(event_handler_id)
-        bulk_download = BulkDownloadService(output_folder=f"{output_folder}", event_bus=events)
+        bulk_download = BulkDownloadService(output_folder=f"{output_folder}")
         image_records = SqliteImageRecordStorage(db=db)
         images = ImageService()
         invocation_cache = MemoryInvocationCache(max_cache_size=config.node_cache_size)
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/bulk_download/bulk_download_base.py b/invokeai/app/services/bulk_download/bulk_download_base.py
index 880345fe98..7a4aa0661c 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/bulk_download/bulk_download_base.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/bulk_download/bulk_download_base.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional, Union
 
-from invokeai.app.services.events.events_base import EventServiceBase
 from invokeai.app.services.invoker import Invoker
 
 
@@ -19,16 +18,11 @@ class BulkDownloadBase(ABC):
         """
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        output_folder: Union[str, Path],
-        event_bus: Optional["EventServiceBase"] = None,
-    ):
+    def __init__(self, output_folder: Union[str, Path]):
         """
         Create BulkDownloadBase object.
 
         :param output_folder: The path to the output folder where the bulk download files can be temporarily stored.
-        :param event_bus: InvokeAI event bus for reporting events to.
         """
 
     @abstractmethod
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/bulk_download/bulk_download_default.py b/invokeai/app/services/bulk_download/bulk_download_default.py
index ffc26dfa54..a9ea12bfd6 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/bulk_download/bulk_download_default.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/bulk_download/bulk_download_default.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import uuid
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional, Union
 from zipfile import ZipFile
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ from invokeai.app.services.events.events_base import EventServiceBase
 from invokeai.app.services.image_records.image_records_common import ImageRecordNotFoundException
 from invokeai.app.services.images.images_common import ImageDTO
 from invokeai.app.services.invoker import Invoker
+from invokeai.app.util.misc import uuid_string
 
 from .bulk_download_base import BulkDownloadBase
 
@@ -20,26 +20,23 @@ from .bulk_download_base import BulkDownloadBase
 class BulkDownloadService(BulkDownloadBase):
     __output_folder: Path
     __bulk_downloads_folder: Path
-    __event_bus: Optional[EventServiceBase]
+    __event_bus: EventServiceBase
     __invoker: Invoker
 
     def start(self, invoker: Invoker) -> None:
         self.__invoker = invoker
+        self.__event_bus = invoker.services.events
 
     def __init__(
         self,
         output_folder: Union[str, Path],
-        event_bus: Optional[EventServiceBase] = None,
     ):
         """
         Initialize the downloader object.
-
-        :param event_bus: Optional EventService object
         """
         self.__output_folder: Path = output_folder if isinstance(output_folder, Path) else Path(output_folder)
         self.__bulk_downloads_folder = self.__output_folder / "bulk_downloads"
         self.__bulk_downloads_folder.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        self.__event_bus = event_bus
 
     def get_path(self, bulk_download_item_name: str) -> str:
         """
@@ -67,7 +64,7 @@ class BulkDownloadService(BulkDownloadBase):
         """
 
         bulk_download_id: str = DEFAULT_BULK_DOWNLOAD_ID
-        bulk_download_item_id: str = str(uuid.uuid4()) if board_id is None else board_id
+        bulk_download_item_id: str = uuid_string() if board_id is None else board_id
 
         self._signal_job_started(bulk_download_id, bulk_download_item_id)
 
@@ -76,10 +73,7 @@ class BulkDownloadService(BulkDownloadBase):
             image_dtos: list[ImageDTO] = []
 
             if board_id:
-                if board_id == "none":
-                    board_name = "Uncategorized"
-                else:
-                    board_name = self.__invoker.services.board_records.get(board_id).board_name
+                board_name = self._get_board_name(board_id)
                 board_name = self._clean_string_to_path_safe(board_name)
 
                 # -1 is the default value for limit, which means no limit, is_intermediate only gives us completed images
@@ -102,6 +96,12 @@ class BulkDownloadService(BulkDownloadBase):
             self.__invoker.services.logger.error("Problem bulk downloading images.")
             raise e
 
+    def _get_board_name(self, board_id: str) -> str:
+        if board_id == "none":
+            return "Uncategorized"
+
+        return self.__invoker.services.board_records.get(board_id).board_name
+
     def _create_zip_file(self, image_dtos: list[ImageDTO], bulk_download_item_id: str) -> str:
         """
         Create a zip file containing the images specified by the given image names or board id.
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class BulkDownloadService(BulkDownloadBase):
         with ZipFile(zip_file_path, "w") as zip_file:
             for image_dto in image_dtos:
                 image_zip_path = Path(image_dto.image_category.value) / image_dto.image_name
-                image_path = self.__invoker.services.images.get_path(image_dto.image_name)
-                zip_file.write(image_path, arcname=image_zip_path)
+                image_disk_path = self.__invoker.services.images.get_path(image_dto.image_name)
+                zip_file.write(image_disk_path, arcname=image_zip_path)
 
         return str(zip_file_name)